Famous Quotes & Sayings

Richard Wright

Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we can't. It's just like livin' in jail.

Richard Avedon

I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the yes. I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us.

William Sharp

The desire of love, Joy:The desire of life, Peace:The desire of the soul, Heaven:The desire of God ... a flame-white secret forever.

Sarah Silverman

I'll be back. I'll be black. I'll be white black.

Sara Blakely

I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.

Wendy Raquel Robinson

I can dine at the White House, but I can still hang at the 'hood,

William Cowper

Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.

Wayne McGregor

I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short five minutes became our keystone to unlocking a strangely seductive score that tensions the aggressive force of the White Stripes with the enigmatic beauty of Talbot's own compositions.

Tove Jansson

Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking for bones you see only the white. No matter where you go, the only thing you see is bones.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jack Black is incredibly hilarious. I think he's really appealing, so sexy. When I watched the movie, I really thought he was sexy.

Taye Diggs

Just recently white people are starting to notice who I am. In the black community of actors, that's the gauge of how big you are, your real crossover appeal.

Michael Greenberg

I think it's a black eye for the Bush administration. This opens a Pandora's box.

Linda Massey

It always come down to black and white. It's the same thing every meeting.

Jawn Murray

He changed the way Hollywood looked at black cinematography. He really showed Hollywood that the black story can be told differently and, if they don't invest in us, we'll invest in ourselves. So many other blacks are going to be following that lead.

Toni Thorn

Having a black president doesn't mean anything. He is not the black president. He is just a president that happened to be black. He has yet to do anything for minority students on this campus.

Lil' Kim

has learned through rap images to identify black male culture with a culture of violence.

A. Hodge

I think it's crucial for people to be able to acknowledge the contributions that black Americans have made. I don't think our history can be limited to a month. It's something that should be continued throughout the year, but it offers everyone the opportunity to be part of our culture. That is something we should all celebrate together.

Dan Paige

It changed the course of the Black River. The boulder field, that is a unique new thing that we're going to interpret.

Two Chainz

I just be comfortable in my own skin; I might wear anything.

Anthony Fauci

Staph lives on skin. Thats the reason why many infections start as a boil.

Richelle Mead

He froze, and for one moment, we stood locked in time. I could feel the silk of his shirt against my skin and the warmth of his body. The lingering scent of the overpriced cologne he wore floated around me. No smoke for a change. I’d always told him the cologne couldn’t be worth what he spent, but suddenly, I reconsidered. It was amazing.

Vincent D'Onofrio

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

Robert Duncan McNeill

I directed an early episode of 'Supernatural' the first season called 'Skin.'

Virginia Woolf

I feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.

W. H. Auden

Behind you swiftly the figure comes softly, The spot on your skin is a shocking disease.

Sandra Lee

Different types of chicken come at different price points. Filets are going to be more expensive. If it's bone-in and skin-on it's going to be less expensive.

Sandra Cisneros

I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.